If pressure from outside the lungs causes atelectasis, your doctor will treat the cause of the pressure. For example, if the cause is a tumor or fluid buildup, your doctor will remove the tumor or fluid. This will allow your lung to fully expand. Atelectasis Caused by a Blockage
Pilus. Definition. noun, plural: pili. (microbiology) Short, filamentous projection on a bacterial cell, used not for motility but for adhering to other bacterial cell (especially for mating) or to animal cells. Supplement. Bacterial pili are involved in cell adhesion.
Types: Two general types of Pili are known they are: Sex pili and Common pili. Medical Importance of Fimbriae or Pili. 1  Common pili (Adhesins): They mediate the attachment of bacteria to specific receptors on the human cell surface, which is the first step in establishing infection in some organisms.2  Example: Mutants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae that do not form pili are nonpathogen. Example: Mutants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae that do not form pili are nonpathogen. 2  Sex pili (conjugation tube): It is a specialized kind of pili that forms the attachment between male (donor) and the female (recipient) bacteria during conjugation and acts as a conduit for the passage of DNA.